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O&S
Consulting financed, built, and manages the 5 Malika
Hotels in Uzbekistan. We provide all tourism support
including transport, visas, guides, translations, and
logistical support for conferences and seminars. All
hotels have hand carved wood furniture, air
conditioning, international tel, satellite tv., sauna
and Jacuzzi. O&S Consulting also works closely
and can ensure the best rates with all other major
hotels in Uzbekistan.
Malika Hotel
Tashkent
This 27 room
hotel in the heart of Tashkent provides the highest
level of quality accommodations and conference
facilities. Malika Tashkent holds up to 150
participants in each of the 2 fully equipped conference
halls. Translators available on site. The Business
Center provides high speed Internet, fax and Xerox. The
restaurants serve European and Traditional Uzbek
cuisine.
Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan and the largest city
in Central Asia lies in the northeastern part of
Uzbekistan. It’s elevation is 450-480m. The city dates
from the 2nd or the 1st century BC and was variously
known as Dzhadzh, Chachkent, Shashkent, and Binkent; the
name Tashkent, which means "stone village" in Uzbek, was
first mentioned in the 11th century. An important trade
center on the caravan routes to Europe and the Orient,
the city was conquered by the Arabs at the beginning of
the 8th century and later became part of the possessions
of various Muslim ruling lines before falling to the
Mongols in the early 13th century. It was subsequently
ruled by the Timurids and Shaybanids and then led an
independent existence before being annexed by the
khanate of Kokand in 1809. When it was captured by the
Russians in 1865, it was a walled city of 70,000
inhabitants and already a leading center of trade with
Russia. In 1867 it was made the administrative center of
the new
governorate-general of Turkistan, and a new
European city grew up beside the old native one. Soviet
rule was established by Russian colonists in November
1917 after an armed uprising. Tashkent remained the
capital of the new republic of Turkistan in the U.S.S.R.,
but when the latter was split in 1924, Samarkand became
the first capital of the republic of Uzbekistan, U.S.S.R.
The capital was transferred to Tashkent in 1930. Today
Tashkent is the main economic and cultural center of
Central Asia. Cotton is the chief crop. Wheat, rice,
jute, vegetables, and melons are also grown, and
silkworms are bred. The city lies in the most
industrially developed part of Uzbekistan, and much of
its industry is in some way connected with cotton--the
manufacture of agricultural and textile machinery and of
cotton textiles. It also has various food-processing
industries. The city's numerous institutions of higher
education and research establishments include the
university, founded in 1920, and various institutes of
the Uzbek Academy of Sciences, set up in 1943. Another
notable institution is the Navoi Public Library. The
city's numerous theatres, Uzbek and Russian, include the
Navoi Theatre of Opera and Ballet. There are also a
Palace of the Arts and several museums, parks, and
stadiums. The city has been extensively rebuilt since an
earthquake in 1966 left 300,000 people homeless. A few
15th- and 16th-century religious buildings and
mausoleums survive, including the Barakkhan Madrasah
(theological school). Uzbeks and Russians comprise
nearly four-fifths of the population, with minorities of
Tatars, Jews, and Ukrainians. Pop. (1991 est.)
2,113,300.
Malika Hotel
Samarkand
This 27 room
hotel in Samarkand is perfect for medium sized
conferences. It's classical Uzbek cuisine and design
are unforgettable. Up to 50 participants. Fully
equipped conference hall & business center. European
and Traditional Uzbek cuisine. Translators and guides
are available.
Samarkand, in east-central Uzbekistan is one of the
oldest cities of Central Asia. In the 4th century BC,
then known as Maracanda, it was the capital of Sogdiana
and was captured (329) by Alexander the Great. The city
was later ruled by Central Asian Turks (6th century AD),
the Arabs (8th century), the Samanids of Iran (9th-10th
century), and various Turkic peoples (11th-13th century)
before it was annexed by the Khwarezm-Shah dynasty
(early 13th century) and destroyed by the Mongol
conqueror Genghis Khan (1220). After it revolted against
its Mongol rulers (1365), Samarkand became the capital
of the empire of Timur (Tamerlane), who made the city
the most important economic and cultural center in
Central Asia. Samarkand was conquered by Uzbeks in 1500
and became part of the khanate of Bukhara. From 1924-36
it was the capital of the Uzbek Soviet Socialist
Republic. The old city's streets converged toward the
center from six gates in the 8-kilometer long,
11th-century walls. The walls and gates were destroyed
after the capture of the town by the Russians, but the
plan of the medieval period is still preserved. The old
city contains some of the finest monuments of Central
Asian architecture, including several buildings dating
from the time when Samarkand was Timur's capital city.
Among the structures are the mosque of Bibi-Khanom
(1399-1404), a building commissioned by Timur's favorite
Chinese wife, and Timur's tomb itself, the Gur-e Amir
mausoleum, built about 1405. The Rigestan Square, an
impressive public square in the old city, is fronted by
several madrasahs (Islamic schools): that of Timur's
grandson, the astronomer Ulugh Beg (1417-20), and those
of Shirdar (1619-1635/36) and Tilakari (mid-17th
century), which together border the square on three
sides. The principal features of Samarkand's ancient
buildings are their splendid portals, their vast
coloured domes, and their remarkable exterior
decorations in majolica, mosaic, marble, and gold. The
newer, Russian section of Samarkand expanded
considerably during the Soviet period, and public
buildings, houses, and parks were built. There are Uzbek
and Russian theatres, a university, and
higher-educational institutions for agriculture,
medicine, architecture, and trade.
Samarkand
derived its commercial importance in ancient and
medieval times from its location at the junction of
trade routes from China and India. With the railway in
1896, Samarkand became an important center for export of
wine, dried and fresh fruits, cotton, rice, silk, and
leather. The city's industry is now based primarily on
agriculture, with cotton ginning, silk spinning and
weaving, fruit canning, and the production of wine,
clothing, leather and footwear, and tobacco. The
manufacture of tractor and automobile parts and cinema
apparatus, however, is also economically important. It’s
population is about 390,500.
Malika Hotel
Khiva & Malika Hotel Khorezm
These hotels
both located in historic old town Khiva, combined offer
68 rooms. There are fully equipped conference halls and
business centers as well as beautiful restaurants.
Translators and guides are available.
Khiva is
mentioned first in the manuscripts of Arab geographers
from the 10th century. They describe Khiva as a city
situated on the border of a desert. According to
archeological data, Khiva had already existed in the 6th
and 7th centuries. During the 11th and 12th centuries,
Khiva was a small town-fortress. Like other towns of
Khoresm, Khiva was destroyed by the Mongolian invasion.
From the second half of the 16th century as the capital
of Khoresm, Khiva became one of the most powerful cities
of Central Asia. In the 18th century, Khiva was ruined
over nomad’s forays, ruinous internal wars, and the
invasion of the Iranians. But at the beginning of the
19th century, a new dynasty of rulers came to power.
This period is characterized by great construction
works. Majolica, marble, paintings, and carving were
widely used in construction. of the inner town -
Ishan-Kala where about 60 historical monuments are
located and Dishan-Kala - the outer town where citizens
of Khiva live and work. The inner town is surrounded by
a high clay fence with four gates pointing out the four
sides of the Universe. The most ancient part of the city
is the Kunya-Arch Fortress. This building was built in
the 17th century. The high rack fence separates the
fortress from housing estates. Inside the fortress are
such constructions as a palace, arsenal, offices, the
mint and a mosque.
Malika Hotel
Bukhara
This 35 room
hotel is right in the heart of historic Bukhara. It has
2 restaurants featuring European and Central Asian
cuisine. There are 2 conference halls that can
accommodate 50 people each, and fully equipped business
center.
Bukhara,
founded around the 1st century AD, was already a major
trade and crafts center when the Arabs captured it in
709. The capital of the Samanid dynasty in the 9th-10th
century, it later was seized by the Qarakhanids and
Karakitais before falling to Genghis Khan in 1220 and to
Timur (Tamerlane) in 1370. In 1506 Bukhara was conquered
by the Uzbek Shaybanids, who, from the mid-16th century,
made it the capital of their state, which became known
as the khanate of Bukhara. Bukhara attained its
greatest importance in the late 16th century, when the
Shaybanids' possessions included most of present-day
Central Asia as well as northern Persia and Afghanistan.
In 1868 the khanate was made a Russian protectorate, and
in 1920 the emir was overthrown by Red Army troops.
Bukhara remained the capital of the Bukharan People's
Soviet Republic until the republic was absorbed into the
Uzbek S.S.R. in 1924. The city grew rapidly after the
discovery in the late 1950s of natural gas nearby. The
old town retains much of its former aspect, with its
mosques, madaris (Muslim theological schools),
flat-roofed houses of sun-dried bricks, and remains of
covered bazaars. Among the important buildings are the
Ismail Samani Mausoleum (9th-10th century); the Kalyan
minaret (1127) and mosque; the Ulugh Beg (1417),
Kukeldash (16th century), Abdulaziz-Khan (1652), and
Miri-Arab (1536) madaris; and the Ark, the city
fortress, which is the oldest structure in Bukhara. The
city's economy is based on a number of food and
light-industrial undertakings, including a large works
processing Karakul lambs' fleece. Bukhara is also
growing in importance as the largest city in a natural
gas region. Certain traditional handicrafts, such as
gold embroidery and metalworking, are still practiced.
Cultural amenities include a teacher-training institute,
a theatre, and a museum. Its population is around
260,000
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